The Brighton Market Bank (later the National Market Bank of Brighton) was chartered
in 1854. The first shareholders meeting was at the Cattle Fair Hotel in Brighton,
Massachusetts to "determine upon the acceptance of their Charter, adopt Bye-laws,
choose a Board of Directors, and to transact the organization of the Bank." Persons
named in the act of Incorporation includes Life Baldwin, Charles Heard, and Granville
Fuller. The Brighton Market Bank was organized to serve the livestock market in Brighton,
now a part of Boston.

Many years later the bank was taken over by the International Trust, which in 1923
was merged with the First National Bank of Boston.

Collection consists of 8 volumes of records including stockholders records which describe
the first shareholders meeting held at the Cattle Fair Hotel in Brighton, Massachusetts.
Also includes stockholder annual meeting minutes, share certificates listing number
of shares, shareholder name, and share dollar value, stock ledgers and a signature
list of its customers. The shareholders and directors' records provide insight to
the history of the bank, although the records end in 1891.